- Date
- April 29, 1981
- Place
- Angleton, TX · ANGLETON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2774VBell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810429020689A
- Case key
- 126328
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 81/4/29 NR.ANGLETON,TX BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N2774V PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 50, 14000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEARLAND,TX FREEPORT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: SEALS,AIR-OIL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONTACT BETWEEN LARGE DIAMETER REAR SUPPORT SEAL & IMPELLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2774V
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2774VRegistration cancelled Jul 22, 2010 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Engine modelAllison 250-C28 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.